Ringgit opens higher on positive manufacturing data

KUALA LUMPUR: The ringgit opened higher against the US dollar today, driven by better-than-expected economic data released by the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DoSM), a dealer said.

At 9.03 am, the local currency was trading at 4.1955/2005 against the greenback compared with 4.1990/2020 at Monday’s close.